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Where did your user name come from??
- Thread starter Madison Paige
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CherryBombRock
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'Cherry Bomb' from the Runaways song and 'Rock' because I like rock'n'roll! It's also the name of my sideline businesses
GOK
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JazzBaby said:
Thank you!
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Mojito said:
We have a fink-noddle member!
I'm waiting to hear from Cacklewhack.
~landgirl~
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~landgirl~
because of the film about the WLA. Loved the book, loved the film!
because of the film about the WLA. Loved the book, loved the film!
Zemke Fan
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A little play on words...
My favorite fighter commander from WWII was Col. Hubert "Hub" Zemke, who along with some fabulous pilots (Schilling, Gabreski, Johnson, et. al.), made the 56th FG the most successful in the ETO. I'm both a "fan" of Zemke's and his most famous strategic maneuver, the "Zemke Fan."
My favorite fighter commander from WWII was Col. Hubert "Hub" Zemke, who along with some fabulous pilots (Schilling, Gabreski, Johnson, et. al.), made the 56th FG the most successful in the ETO. I'm both a "fan" of Zemke's and his most famous strategic maneuver, the "Zemke Fan."
GOK
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scotrace said:
More like Googlewhack...which is exactly what happened when I G'd that handle! lol
Quigley Brown
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My dog's name. But where did the dog get its name???.......
Fletch
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In high school I played Fletcher Henderson records so incessantly that people started calling me Fletch.
The Chevy Chase movies didn't hurt either, as I was always a wiseass.
The Chevy Chase movies didn't hurt either, as I was always a wiseass.
GOK
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Fletch said:
You Fletch, a wiseass? Noooooo, really?
lol
OldSkoolFrat
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Early Days
Kids today think that throwing on an ill fitting blazer, a loosened knit tie (ugh!!) a rumpled shirt, cargo pants and god-awful shoes means they are dressed up.
In the 80's it was a different story, we tried to emulate Otter and Co. from Animal House, pictures from fraternity conventions/installations from 1909-31 show the guys in tails or at least suits.
Old School guys looked much better than today's Frat-Rats.
Kids today think that throwing on an ill fitting blazer, a loosened knit tie (ugh!!) a rumpled shirt, cargo pants and god-awful shoes means they are dressed up.
In the 80's it was a different story, we tried to emulate Otter and Co. from Animal House, pictures from fraternity conventions/installations from 1909-31 show the guys in tails or at least suits.
Old School guys looked much better than today's Frat-Rats.
Babydoll
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Babydoll is the first nickname my mister gave me.
griffer
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Just my nickname.
Which for years was also my NT I.D., until I left that company.
It's a portmanteau of my last and first names.
"I'm Griff. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Griffness, or uh, Griffer, or Enrique el Grifferino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
Which for years was also my NT I.D., until I left that company.
It's a portmanteau of my last and first names.
"I'm Griff. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Griffness, or uh, Griffer, or Enrique el Grifferino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
Jay
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griffer said:
"You don't go out looking for a job dressed like that? On a weekday?"
Swell movie.
Elaina
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My mother.
Madison Paige
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Gosh! After hearing all the stories that go along with your user names, mine sounds so boring!!
B
BAZ
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Talk about boring? Mine is a localized slang shortening of my real name: Barry.
In Liverpool (where I'm from) most names are shortened: Barry=Baz, Gary=Gaz, Sharon=Shaz etc. Strangley enough, it varies from North and South England. In London I was called "Bal"
In Liverpool (where I'm from) most names are shortened: Barry=Baz, Gary=Gaz, Sharon=Shaz etc. Strangley enough, it varies from North and South England. In London I was called "Bal"
melankomas
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i think Madison Paige is a very nice name. i've a ridiculous number of real names due to very odd parents, and none of them are as nice as Madison or Paige. to give you an idea, my third name is Boahinmaa.
my screen name is due to an unhealthy lifelong obsession with both Greece and boxing.
my screen name is due to an unhealthy lifelong obsession with both Greece and boxing.
Doctor Strange
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I'm Doctor Strange on several boards...
I took the name from the classic Marvel Comics hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the early 60s. He's very unlike most other Marvel heroes, who are primarily physical powerhouses... Doctor Strange is a former surgeon named Stephen Strange - hence his name. He is a wizard who battles a variety of trippy other-dimensional villains with impressive-sounding spells and assorted magical amulets, arcane enchantments, and such. He defends the Earth against all manner of entities who are too powerful for the usual superheroes to handle.
He has no native super powers from being a mutant or having been dosed with cosmic rays, gamma rays, or anything like that - he learned his spellcraft by dint of his intelligence and hard work. That's what most appeals to me about the character - that he is a self-made hero based on his brains, not his physique. And I totally dig his way-cool incantations (mostly utterly bogus dialog invented by Stan Lee), like:
"By the Seven Rings of Ragador, I bid you halt!"
and
"By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I command that you reveal your true self!"
or
"In the name of the Eternal Vishanti, reveal his whereabouts in my all-seeing Eye of Agamotto!"
Great, silly stuff!
I took the name from the classic Marvel Comics hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the early 60s. He's very unlike most other Marvel heroes, who are primarily physical powerhouses... Doctor Strange is a former surgeon named Stephen Strange - hence his name. He is a wizard who battles a variety of trippy other-dimensional villains with impressive-sounding spells and assorted magical amulets, arcane enchantments, and such. He defends the Earth against all manner of entities who are too powerful for the usual superheroes to handle.
He has no native super powers from being a mutant or having been dosed with cosmic rays, gamma rays, or anything like that - he learned his spellcraft by dint of his intelligence and hard work. That's what most appeals to me about the character - that he is a self-made hero based on his brains, not his physique. And I totally dig his way-cool incantations (mostly utterly bogus dialog invented by Stan Lee), like:
"By the Seven Rings of Ragador, I bid you halt!"
and
"By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I command that you reveal your true self!"
or
"In the name of the Eternal Vishanti, reveal his whereabouts in my all-seeing Eye of Agamotto!"
Great, silly stuff!
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